court of appeals decision, for Patterson: David R. Karpe Multiplicity – First-Degree Reckless Homicide by Delivery of Controlled Substance, § 940.02(2)(a) and Contributing to Delinquency Resulting in Death of Child, § 948.40(4)(a): Not Multiplicitous Based largely on State v. Jimmie Davison, 2003 WI 89 (multiple convictions for battery permissible so long as multiple batteries have been charged)… Read more
L. Ch. 961: Controlled Subst.
State v. Patrick R. Patterson, 2009 WI App 161 For Patterson: David R. Karpe Issue/Holding: ¶25 There is no dispute that testing revealed that Tanya S. had Oxycodone in her system at the relevant time. However, as Patterson argues, the presence of drugs in someone’s system, standing alone, is not sufficient evidence to support a… Read more
State v. Julio C. Bautista, 2009 WI App 100, PFR filed 7/16/09 For Bautista: Jefren E. Olsen, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: Section 961.45 bars successive drug prosecutions by dual sovereignties premised on the “same act” (or “conduct”), State v. Colleen E. Hansen, 2001 WI 53. Although broader than the Blockburger “elements-only” test, this “same-conduct” test does not bar… Read more
State v. Edward Bannister, 2007 WI 86, 302 Wis. 2d 158, 734 N.W.2d 892, reversing 2006 WI App 136 Issue/Holding: Bannister’s confession to giving morphine to someone who died from an overdose of the substance was sufficiently corroborated to support his his conviction: ¶ 22 We first address whether the State satisfied the corroboration rule during the course of… Read more
State v. Henry E. Routon, 2007 WI App 178, PFR filed For Routon: Jefren E. Olsen, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶18 Wisconsin Stat. § 939.31 sets forth the elements of the crime of conspiracy applicable under Wis. Stat. § 961.41(1x).[8] Section 939.31 provides: …. whoever, with intent that a crime be committed, agrees or combines with another for the… Read more
State v. Henry E. Routon, 2007 WI App 178, PFR filed For Routon: Jefren E. Olsen, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶19 The crime that is the subject of the conspiracy need not be committed in order for a violation of Wis. Stat. § 939.31 to occur; rather, the focus is on the intent of the individual defendant. State… Read more
State v. Henry E. Routon, 2007 WI App 178, PFR filed For Routon: Jefren E. Olsen, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: Evidence of conspiracy to manufacture controlled substance is sufficient, notwithstanding that the psilocybe spores that defendant sold were themselves legal, given “abundant evidence from which it is reasonable to infer that Routon marketed the psilocybe spores… Read more
State v. Charles E. Dukes, 2007 WI App 175 For Dukes: Robert N. Meyeroff Issue/Holding: ¶22 Dukes contends that this evidence is insufficient because there was “no physical evidence linking [him] to the drug house and the drugs in the drug house,” because neither his fingerprints nor DNA were on any of the items recovered… Read more
